On March 8, 2019, DOJ announced that it had made revisions to its November 2017 FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (“the Policy”). The revised Policy includes a number of changes, but most notably softens DOJ’s prohibition on...more
On June 1, 2015, Canada’s Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (“ESTMA” or “the Act”) came into force. Approved in December 2014, but not in force until this month, the Act requires companies in the extractive sector...more
7/27/2015
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Canada ,
Compliance ,
Enforcement ,
Extractive Industry Transparency Rule ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Official ,
Internal Controls ,
Mineral Extraction ,
Multinationals ,
New Legislation ,
Oil & Gas ,
Penalties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Resource Extraction ,
State-Owned Enterprises
In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have heightened their expectations of what constitutes a “comprehensive” branch self-inspection program. Firms...more